“Selby’s place is in the front rank of American
novelists. His work has the power, the intimacy with suffering and
morality, the honesty and moral urgency of Dostoevsky’s. To understand
Selby’s work is to understand the anguish of America.”
--New York Times Book Review

“A major American author of a stature with William Burroughs and Joseph
Heller.”
--Los Angeles Times.

"Last Exit to Brooklyn should explode
like a rusty hellish bombshell over America and still be eagerly read
in a hundred years."
--Allen Ginsberg

"The Demon is a freight train of a
novel with a climax like a kick in the stomach!"
--William S. Burroughs

Above:
photo of Hubert Selby, Jr. in 1989 by James
Fee. Used with permission.

Welcome to CubbyMovie.com--the site for
the labor-of-love documentary on the life and work of legendary cult
writer Hubert Selby, Jr.

Hubert
"Cubby" Selby, Jr. (July 23, 1928-April
26, 2004) was the author of Last Exit To
Brooklyn, The Room, The Demon, Requiem for a Dream,
The Willow Tree, Waiting Period, and
a book of short stories, Song of the Silent Snow.

Q. "What's the significance of the title 'It/ll Be Better Tomorrow'?"
A. It's taken from page 103 of Selby's The Demon.
"It/ll be better tomorrow--it better be!" (The slash is included in
Selby's typography).

Cubby's 1975 inscription in Carmine De
Feo's copy of Last Exit:

Cubby's 1964 inscription in Gilbert
Sorrentino's copy of Last Exit to Brooklyn: (Gil
was the editor on Last Exit)(photo credit for both above photos Jerrod
Lopes and Shawn Alfaro)

Maureen Nolan and Cubby in August 2003, by Geoff
Moore. Used with permission.

Maureen was
the person who put me in touch with Cubby. She was my friend and
neighbor. She died Monday, Aug 30, 2004. 11:30 AM.
After a long battle with Cancer. She is missed. --MWD